The Applied Aviation Sciences Department operates a Suborbital Space Flight Simulation and Mission Control Center, which together comprise the Suborbital Operations Science Lab, located in Room 355 of Building 6 at the Daytona Beach Campus.

Suborbital Operations Science Lab

The Applied Aviation Sciences Department operates a Suborbital Space Flight Simulation and Mission Control Center, which together comprise the Suborbital Operations Science Lab, located in Room 355 of Building 6 at the Daytona Beach Campus.The lab simulates a space vehicle and associated control center to simulate takeoffs and landings from conventional runways and flights up to 350,000 feet. The simulator consists of aviation control and display hardware, head’s-up-display, modified X-Plane software, and compressed air for pressure suits. The simulator’s baseline profile is a rocket-propelled ascent followed by a glide descent to the departure airfield; however, the system can easily be configured to simulate point-to-point flights. The simulator records 56 flight data parameters, such as angle of attack and acceleration forces, that are available for analyses.